Guy & Rach's Caravan of Courage with 4 children: Week 18

Katherine to the Devils Marbles

WA/NT border crossing 2nd May

NT Border, we had to say goodbye to WA, what a lovely place and great memories and still so much to see that we missed. Now to explore NT " if you never ever go, you will never, never know"

We came across a fire on the side of the road, we had seen lots of remanets of fires on the road but this was a little close.

We travelled to Timber Creek, filled up at $2.02 p/l, then drove through some stunning scenery around Victoria River. They had a camping spot their but we decided to move on. Our first stop in NT was Katherine, we stayed at a caravan park on the outer of town. The town was smaller than what we expected. The day we arrived there was an AFL match Hawks vs. someone. We didn't go to it, but we saw a lot of locals in their Hawks jersey walking to it.

We chose not to go to the Katherine National Park this time, we will do it on our way back up when we go to Darwin. We checked out the nearby Katherine hot springs, although the water was clear, the surrounding area was quiet dirty from the wet season flooding the area.

Mataranka Homestead 4th May to 5th May

Interesting place. Just south of the township. With its own bar, meals entertainment to go with the camping area sees a lot of northern locals coming down for long weekends. We haven't seen the movie/ read the book, but they also had this " We of the Never Never" home replica there too.

Thermal Pool

The Thermal Pool was only 100m from camp. The Kids and the many visitors enjoyed a dip in the pool. The water was warm, although the kids where complaining about the mild sulphur smell from the water and the spiders. There were a lot of Orb spiders, and their webs.

Daly Waters - 5th May to 6th May

We were told by a couple we meet in Katherine, that this was a must stop. "You must visit the Pub" Lots of character, the items in this place were amazing and a lot of history.

We had a look at the museum with lots of history from WW11., We had a look at the old war hanger down the road from the first Australian international airport.

The annual Rodeo was on in town for the weekend. Fun or cruelty, it was an experience to see what a Rodeo is about as the kids and I had never been to one.

Banka Banka West Station 6th May - 7th May

A must stop. The managers are lovely people, the kids were welcomed with an icy pole. The kids feed their calf "BB". Jake and Amity had someone new to play with.

Devils Marbles 7th May - 8th May

We stopped here for the night ($7.50 a night), and glad we did. We arrived at lunch time and there was only 3 other campers. By sunset, the area was full. We were told that there is a dingo that roams around, and yep they where right as soon as the sun was going down the dingo was out, we could hear it's cry at night.